Representatives of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, the Vedomosti newspaper reports, complained to the Central Election Commission that federal television channels, covering the nomination of candidates at election congresses, gave a clear preference to Medvedev.

The heads of the TV channels are mistaken - the law obliges them to keep timed coverage of election events. This function is directly assigned to the Russian Center for Training in Electoral Technologies (RCET) under the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation. Since the summer of this year, the center has been headed by Mr.

President of Moldova Vladimir Voronin, who visited Brussels, warned the European Court of Human Rights against confirming the legitimacy of the Bessarabian Metropolis, which is not recognized by the Russian Orthodox Church. If the Strasbourg court nevertheless confirms the registration of the Bessarabian Metropolitanate, Voronin promised to raise the question of its legitimacy before the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

In society Ukrainian Orthodox Church on the eve of autocephaly January 18, 2008 Maxim Hizhia Reflections after the Bishop Cathedral UOC in December 2007 I, the priest of the Moscow Patriarchate, are especially sad to realize that the question of autocephaly of the UOC is the problem of time, and the closest one. However, the complete canonical independence of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church could not have such a tragic outcome for Russian Orthodoxy, if not for a number of mistakes and crimes.